Couple in nightmare campground purchase wins partial Supreme Court victory

But Court also rules that firepit defects, bridge issues and other problems didn't require seller disclosure

A real estate agent who represented both the buyer and seller of a West River campground was obligated under state law to provide the buyers with a disclosure statement of residential defects, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

But the same agent was not required to provide a disclosure statement related to other aspects of the property, which included two bridges, 98 campsites and 84 firepits.

The decision reverses a lower court ruling that the agent was not obligated to provide a disclosure agreement for the residence. The lower court ruled that a disclosure statement was not required because the residence on the campground was a commercial property. But the Supreme Court also upheld the circuit court, agreeing that the rest of the property was commercial and did not require a disclosure.

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